Carryover effects in amphibians: Are characteristics of the larval habitat needed to predict juvenile survival?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1429-1442

  Earl, Julia E ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

American toad; Anaxyrus americanus; Anurans; Forestry; Latent effects; Life history; Lithobates sphenocephalus; Lithobates sylvaticus; Outdoor mesocosms; Southern leopard frog; Survival; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FROG; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANIDAE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; LONGEVITY; RANIDAE;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884220142     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1235.1     Document Type: Article

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